goodye austin

and hello baton rouge!!

we are leaving austin in a few hrs, wich is kind of a bummer. matty and susan were extremely hospitable and it makes it a bummer to leave.. we have been having too much fun. yesterday i met up with chuck and got some lunch and then we headed over to the hawk mans house and tony and i just sat around playing video games for hours.. then matty and me and brandon and colt went to this pump traCK just outside of austin that was really fun.. i didnt get any pictures of the place because i thought i forgot my camera at the house but it was in the car the whole time.. bummer..heres a picture of debbie the dog giving me a nice kiss.. and a picture of mr nice guy matty anal talking on his cellular device.. matty loves myspace

texas livin

ok so texas....we went to carlsbad caverns just outside of texas..it is this crazy deep cave with some amazing things to see.. unfortunately it was impossible to get a good picture with my point and shoot but it was awesome.. at one point we were like 800 ft under the ground in a crazy cave.. awesome


after carlsbad we headed into texas to go to austin.. we got into texas and debbie asked if we should get gas before we got on the highway and i told her no we have enough gas to go for a bit.... then we ran out of gas.. in the middle of no where.. in texas.. and it was over 100 degrees out.. debbie got out in the road and hitchhiked, the first truck that drove by stopped for us.. it was a huge 18 wheeler with a guy with no teeth and his wife in it. they drove us into town and dropped us off at the gas station.. the people in the town were so nice. they gave us a gas can to use and gave us a ride back to the car. we were back on the road after a 2 hr set back... the rest of the drive was awesome.. we made great time and got to austin and met up with matty aquizap and his g/f susan.. it was awesome. we went to a crazy swimming spring with a diving board and we got loose and did a bunch of awesome dives


we left there and got some amazing pizza.
the next day matty got out of work early and we cruised downtown to ride the terrible one ramp but joe was out of town so we couldnt ride.. we sat outside for a little bit


then we pedaled over to the ninth street trails.. they are a staple in bmx so i had to atleast check them out.. they looked sweet but were a bit too dry to ride so we cruised back to the spring and did some dives again


after diving we came back to the house and got debbie because susan had to go to work.. so we picked her up and went and played some frisbee... and did some more dives at the springs..
we went to check out east side trails. they were awesome but way too dry to ride. there was soo much more there than i have ever seen in the videos.. it was really awesome to see.. we left the jumps and headed to chunks house.. chuck has the sweetest dog ever.. and its name is debbie



debbie rules!!!

then we left there and made a crazy dinner lastnight.. some amazing salmon and a good stirfry and asparagus and it was really good.. im enjoying austin

eastside

in austin...we went to east side today but it was too dry to ride there... this is half of the stuff there... crazy

crazy day

soo after we left the awesome continental breakfast we headed to the hoover dam to check it out in the day time.. it was huge


after we left the hoover dam we headed north east to zion national park in utah.. i didnt really have too much expectation for that place.. i didnt hear too much about it but it was on the way to bryce canyon so we hit it up on the way.. IT WAS GORGEOUS


unfortunately i dont have a bunch of time to go through my pictures and post a bunch so i have to just post a quick pic from each spot..
after zion nat'l park we headed north to bryce canyon.. its quite the site for sure and one of the prettiest places ive seen on this trip

after bryce canyon we headed south to the grand canyon.. we got there late at night and slept in the parking lot and woke up at sunrise to watch the sunrise over the canyon.. seeing it for the first time is really wild but it was even better seeing it for the first time while the sun rose up.

after the grand canyon we drove to carlsbad caverns in southern new mexico rifght on the texas line.. and that is we we stay now.. we are at a hotel right in carelsbad using theyre computers and sleeping in theyre parking lot and we are going to wake up in the morning and check out the carlsbad caverns and head to austin in the afternoon.. homeward bound for sure.. should be back in florida in less than a week...its crazy

hoooooooover

got to vegas yesterday.. the vegas strip was wild..bright lights and broke people.. we checked out the hoover dam last night and we are going to go check it out this morning and then head to hang out with chad from vegas maybe and then go see steel panther again?? maybe

continental breakfast is the way to go for sure.. stop at a random hotel...sleep in the car in the parking lot and wake up early and eat so much good stuff.. they always have bagels and juice and raisen bran.. but sometimes they have the waffle maker.. any experienced continental breakfast eater will know what im talking about.. its always the same.. the little dispenser that puts just the right amount of batter in a cup and then the machine you pour it in and it rotates for you and then the time runs out and PRESTO you have a dialed waffle...this morning was a waffle morning

not to mention most of these hotels have computers i can use in the lobby... i love road trips... i dont wanna go home, theres too much to see out there